Philip Glass

Philip Glass

Known for
Sound
Born
January 31, 1937 (age 89)
Birthplace
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Biography

Philip Morris Glass is an American composer. He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century.  His music is also often controversially described as minimal music.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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The Lost Ones poster

The Lost Ones

Movie · Sound

2026
Istanbul: Chronopolis poster

Istanbul: Chronopolis

Movie · Music

2025
Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry poster

Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom poster

Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
CHIMALMA poster

CHIMALMA

Movie · Music

2025
Carolyn Carlson : Midnight Souls poster

Carolyn Carlson : Midnight Souls

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Vanessa Wagner & Friends @ Paris Sur Mesure poster

Vanessa Wagner & Friends @ Paris Sur Mesure

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Anhedonia poster

Anhedonia

Movie · Songs

2023
You, Me, and Movies

You, Me, and Movies

Movie · Music

2023
The Pigeon Tunnel poster

The Pigeon Tunnel

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris poster

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Once Within a Time poster

Once Within a Time

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023 poster

Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Alice poster

Alice

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
War and the Weather poster

War and the Weather

Movie · Music

2021
LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE poster

LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE

Movie · Music

2021
In the Penal Colony

In the Penal Colony

Movie · Sound

2021
100 Foot Wave poster

100 Foot Wave

TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps

2020
Philip Glass: Akhnaten poster

Philip Glass: Akhnaten

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective

Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective

Movie · Music

2020
Tales from the Loop poster

Tales from the Loop

TV · Original Music Composer · 8 eps

2019
The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten poster

The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten

Movie · Music

2019
Universal Machine poster

Universal Machine

Movie · Music

2019
Samurai Marathon poster

Samurai Marathon

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 poster

Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Jane poster

Jane

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Crônica da Demolição poster

Crônica da Demolição

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
The Last Dalai Lama? poster

The Last Dalai Lama?

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
The Juniper Tree poster

The Juniper Tree

Movie · Music

2016
Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos

Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos

Movie · Music

2015
Fantastic Four poster

Fantastic Four

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Einstein on the Beach poster

Einstein on the Beach

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Leviathan poster

Leviathan

Movie · Music

2013
Visitors poster

Visitors

Movie · Music

2013
Re: Awakenings poster

Re: Awakenings

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Glass: The Perfect American poster

Glass: The Perfect American

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
November 22, 1963

November 22, 1963

Movie · Music

2013
Glass: Spuren der Verirrten

Glass: Spuren der Verirrten

Movie · Music

2012
Besa: The Promise poster

Besa: The Promise

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
The Apostle poster

The Apostle

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
They Were There poster

They Were There

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Rebirth poster

Rebirth

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Philip Glass: Satyagraha poster

Philip Glass: Satyagraha

Movie · Music

2011
Elena poster

Elena

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Glass: Kepler poster

Glass: Kepler

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Lucinda Childs' Dance poster

Lucinda Childs' Dance

Movie · Music

2010
Mr. Nice poster

Mr. Nice

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
Trans-Action poster

Trans-Action

Movie · Music

2010
Astral City: A Spiritual Journey poster

Astral City: A Spiritual Journey

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
These Vagabond Shoes poster

These Vagabond Shoes

Movie · Music

2008
Objects and Memory

Objects and Memory

Movie · Music

2008
The Song poster

The Song

Movie · Songs

2007
No Reservations poster

No Reservations

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

2007
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts poster

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
Hard-Hearted poster

Hard-Hearted

Movie · Music

2007
Animals in Love poster

Animals in Love

Movie · Music

2007
Cassandra's Dream poster

Cassandra's Dream

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
Notes on a Scandal poster

Notes on a Scandal

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
The Illusionist poster

The Illusionist

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
Roving Mars poster

Roving Mars

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
Un leader in ascolto

Un leader in ascolto

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
The Moustache poster

The Moustache

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Neverwas poster

Neverwas

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

2005
The Giant Buddhas poster

The Giant Buddhas

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Taking Lives poster

Taking Lives

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Secret Window poster

Secret Window

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Undertow poster

Undertow

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
The Origins of AIDS poster

The Origins of AIDS

Movie · Music

2003
The Fog of War poster

The Fog of War

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Wildfire poster

Wildfire

Movie · Music

2002
The Hours poster

The Hours

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
Naqoyqatsi poster

Naqoyqatsi

Movie · Music

2002
The Baroness and the Pig poster

The Baroness and the Pig

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
The Man in the Bath poster

The Man in the Bath

Movie · Music

1999
Pointy Teeth for Pointy People poster

Pointy Teeth for Pointy People

Movie · Music

1999
The Eden Myth poster

The Eden Myth

Movie · Music

1999
The Source poster

The Source

Movie · Sound

1998
Glass: Corvo Branco

Glass: Corvo Branco

Movie · Music

1998
The Truman Show poster

The Truman Show

Movie · Additional Soundtrack

1997
Mama General

Mama General

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Kundun poster

Kundun

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Bent poster

Bent

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Perfect Moment poster

Perfect Moment

Movie · Original Music Composer

1996
The Secret Agent poster

The Secret Agent

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh poster

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Evidence poster

Evidence

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
The Interview poster

The Interview

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Untitled: New Blue poster

Untitled: New Blue

Movie · Music

1994
La mort de Molière poster

La mort de Molière

Movie · Music

1994
The Himalayas poster

The Himalayas

TV · Music · 8 eps

1993
Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama poster

Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama

Movie · Music

1993
Sara poster

Sara

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
A Walk Through Prospero's Library

A Walk Through Prospero's Library

Movie · Music

1992
Candyman poster

Candyman

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Mirror of the Planet poster

Mirror of the Planet

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Anima Mundi poster

Anima Mundi

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Mindwalk poster

Mindwalk

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
A Brief History of Time poster

A Brief History of Time

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Closet Land poster

Closet Land

Movie · Music Supervisor

1989
Continuum: 1. Initiation

Continuum: 1. Initiation

Movie · Music Arranger

1989
Continuum: Parts 1 & 2 poster

Continuum: Parts 1 & 2

Movie · Music Arranger

1989
The Church poster

The Church

Movie · Music

1988
Powaqqatsi poster

Powaqqatsi

Movie · Music

1988
The Thin Blue Line poster

The Thin Blue Line

Movie · Music

1987
Hamburger Hill poster

Hamburger Hill

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Monolithe poster

Monolithe

Movie · Music

1987
Mallorca poster

Mallorca

Movie · Music

1987
Marias barn poster

Marias barn

TV · Music · 24 eps

1986
In the Upper Room poster

In the Upper Room

Movie · Music

1986
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

Movie · Music

1986
A Perfect Couple poster

A Perfect Couple

Movie · Music

1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters poster

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Empire City poster

Empire City

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Koyaanisqatsi poster

Koyaanisqatsi

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Philip Glass: Satyagraha poster

Philip Glass: Satyagraha

Movie · Music

1983
ACT III poster

ACT III

Movie · Music

1980
Geometry of Circles poster

Geometry of Circles

Movie · Music

1980
Living is a solution poster

Living is a solution

Movie · Music

1978
North Star: Mark di Suvero poster

North Star: Mark di Suvero

Movie · Music

1977
Carolyn I poster

Carolyn I

Movie · Music

1971
End of the Art World poster

End of the Art World

Movie · Music

1971
Anxious Automation poster

Anxious Automation

Movie · Music

1970
Isy Boukir poster

Isy Boukir

Movie · Music

1968
Inquiring Nuns poster

Inquiring Nuns

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
Railroaded

Railroaded

Movie · Music

1966
Chappaqua poster

Chappaqua

Movie · Music Supervisor